The Western poet and writer of romance has exactly the same kind of difficulty in comprehending Eastern subjects as you have in comprehending Western subjects. Lafcadio Hearn Read Quote
There are two methods for the literary study of any book – the first being the study of its thought and emotion; the second only that of its workmanship. A student of literature should study some of the Bible from both points of view. Lafcadio Hearn Read Quote
There was very little suicide among the men of the North, because every man considered it his duty to get killed, not to kill himself; and to kill himself would have seemed cowardly, as implying fear of being killed by others. Lafcadio Hearn Read Quote
At last, in 1611, was made, under the auspices of King James, the famous King James version; and this is the great literary monument of the English language. Lafcadio Hearn Read Quote
But what is after all the happiness of mere power? There is a greater happiness possible than to be lord of heaven and earth; that is the happiness of being truly loved. Lafcadio Hearn Read Quote
Broad tolerance in the matter of beliefs is necessarily a part of the new ethics. Lafcadio Hearn Read Quote
I often imagine that the longer he studies English literature the more the Japanese student must be astonished at the extraordinary predominance given to the passion of love both in fiction and in poetry. Lafcadio Hearn Read Quote
Contemporary literature in the West has shown some signs of ethical change. Lafcadio Hearn Read Quote
For this reason, to study English literature without some general knowledge of the relation of the Bible to that literature would be to leave one’s literary education very incomplete. Lafcadio Hearn Read Quote
It is no exaggeration to say that the English Bible is, next to Shakespeare, the greatest work in English literature, and that it will have much more influence than even Shakespeare upon the written and spoken language of the English race. Lafcadio Hearn Read Quote
